Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison on this day in history.   

1895  Henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history h S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)   

1895  On this day in history joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

1898  On May - 24 kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando)   

1899  On this day in history the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on May - 24.   

1899  On May - 24 suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  On this day in history australians cross Vaal River in South Africa   

1900  On this day in history britain annexes Orange Free State   

1900  On this day in history 34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼   

1901  On May - 24 seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on May - 24.   

1902  On this day in history empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  Aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth) on this day in history.   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on this day in history.   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on May - 24.   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on this day in history.   

1906  On May - 24 edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  Belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election on May - 24.   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on May - 24.   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on this day in history.   

1909  Guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca) on May - 24.   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on this day in history.   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 24 audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936)   

1914  On May - 24 clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  Enemy Contracts Annulment Act on May - 24.   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  On May - 24 italy declares war on Austria-Hungary   

1915  On May - 24 thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations   

1916  On this day in history conscription begins in Britain   

1916  On May - 24 french driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured   

1916  On this day in history last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname   

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On May - 24 birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on May - 24.   

1610  On May - 24 birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)   

1144  Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies on this day in history.   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  Death of Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297) on this day in history.   

1408  On May - 24 death of taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335)   

1425  Death of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) on this day in history.   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  On May - 24 nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland   

1612  On May - 24 robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48